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The title says it all in the international smash hit musical comedy ‘Naked Boys Singing!’ This hilarious musical revue, which arrives at the Garden Theatre later this month, features 15 original songs, a bevy of gorgeous and talented men, and no clothes – a winning combination if ever there was one! From the sassy opening... Continue Reading →
The Olivier theatre is to be significantly remodelled in order to stage a season of performances in-the-round, which will achieve an audience capacity of almost 500 while maintaining social distancing for audiences. The National Theatre will reopen to audiences on the 21 October, for the first time since closing in March, with Death of England: Delroy, a new... Continue Reading →
OffWestEnd-commended Conflicted Theatre are delighted to welcome audiences once again to Omnibus Theatre with the premiere of We Were Having a Perfectly Nice Time, a short dark comedy about loo roll, lost love at the bus station and knowing when to end a conversation. The production runs at the Common Room at Omnibus Theatre every Friday... Continue Reading →
Electrifying musical phenomenon Six by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss will become the first West End musical to resume performances in a West End theatre when the show temporarily moves from its home at the Arts Theatre to the Lyric on Shaftesbury Avenue for a limited 11-week run beginning on Saturday November 14 through to... Continue Reading →
Producer Colin Ingram (Ghost – The Musical) and Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the creators of the Back To The Future film trilogy, are delighted to announce that Back to the Future The Musical will transfer to the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End following an out-of-town opening at Manchester Opera House in March 2020, where it was... Continue Reading →
Tickets have today gone on sale for Tonight at the London Coliseum. The seven intimate acoustic concerts, performed and filmed at the London Coliseum, will be streamed from 18 September - 23 October with musical theatre artists - Sharon D. Clarke, Kerry Ellis, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Cassidy Janson, Ramin Karimloo and Sharon Sexton & Rob Fowler.... Continue Reading →
Due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which was scheduled to begin performances this autumn, has been postponed. The acclaimed production will now open at the Duke of York’s Theatre in 2021, with previews beginning from 23 October 2021, playing for a limited run. Whilst government recently made the welcome announcement that performances can resume indoors, they can do so... Continue Reading →
Production images have been released for new musical Sleepless, A Musical Romance, which began socially distanced indoor performances at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre on 25 August. Kimberley Walsh and Jay McGuiness star as Annie and Sam respectively, with Daniel Casey as Walter, Harriet Thorpe as Eleanor, Tania Mathurin as Becky and Jake Sharp as... Continue Reading →
Tonight, for the first time since lockdown, a fully staged musical is opening inside a theatre. Sleepless, A Musical Romance, begins previews tonight at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. The musical stars Jay McGuiness, Kimberley Walsh, Daniel Casey, Harriet Thorp, Tania Mathurin and Cory English. To coincide with the opening, producers have released a video... Continue Reading →
Tickets for the first 12 shows sold out in less than 72 hours. Now producers have put another 8 on sale from Tuesday 22 September to Sunday 27 September. After launching as an exciting new outdoor London theatre venue with the sold-out, critically acclaimed musical ‘Fanny and Stella’, which just extended its run due to overwhelming public... Continue Reading →
